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Op-Ed | Why the World’s Food Systems Need to Transition Away from Industrial Agriculture

Food Tank

Today, this model of industrial agriculture is no longer fit for purpose. By creating mechanisms that connect farmers, seed providers, trainers, financers, innovators, retailers and other players in the food sector across the world, COP28 can build the momentum for agroecology. Become a member today by clicking here.

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The Truth about Industrial Agriculture 

Trimble Agriculture

Industrial agriculture is a term often used negatively, but is it the villain it’s made out to be? The debate surrounding industrial agriculture and farm consolidation is complex and multifaceted. Industrial agriculture plays a critical role in increasing productivity to meet this demand.

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Food and Farming Manifesto for the general election

Sustainable Food Trust

As we increasingly experience the damage inflicted by well over half a century of industrial agriculture – including devastating impacts upon public health, soil fertility and biodiversity – what is desperately needed is a cohesive and actionable long-term plan for agriculture, grounded in an agroecological approach.

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Q&A: Should Crop Insurance Be Subsidized?

Daily Yonder

Bringing my historical perspective on rural and agricultural issues into the world of business and management studies has provided me with opportunities to fresh and important ideas into a realm of research that, to my satisfaction, has become increasingly interested in agrifood systems and rural society in the past few years.

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Dispatch From The UN Climate Change Conference: Monday, Dec. 11

Food Tank

The environmental impacts of certain types of livestock production and other industrial agriculture are well-known. The question is no longer if farmers should adopt more sustainable business models, says Daniela Chiriac , the Manager for Climate Finance at Climate Policy Initiative. It’s more the ‘How?’” Learn more HERE.

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Across Farm Country, Fertilizer Pollution Impacts Not Just Health, but Water Costs, Too

Civil Eats

Utesch worries that the current system of industrialized agriculture has created a world where people living closest to the polluters do not have access to clean water themselves, and are afraid to speak out against the actions of their neighbors. Des Moines finances its removal system from its roughly 600,000 ratepayers.

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Investors Rewind 10 Years of AgTech: Supervillains, Heroes and Unexpected Truths

World Agri-Tech

The last 10 years have also shown that, despite being a 15,000 year-old industry, agriculture is still vulnerable to fads and fashion. Let’s stop trying to force agtech companies and investments to fit the Silicon Valley mold, and instead let’s leverage innovative financing to resource solutions for agriculture.